Reviews - Peter Pan (Peter and Wendy)

5.96k reviews for:

Peter Pan (Peter and Wendy)

J.M. Barrie

3.85 AVERAGE

thepinkfairy's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

crysrowe's review against another edition

3.0

fast-paced

abookwiithoutend's review against another edition

4.0

(3.5)
What an entertaining story, I really liked it!

x_oblivionxx's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous lighthearted fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

twobeertex's review against another edition

1.0

For some reason my child's 3rd grade class is reading this dusty old book together. I have never read it but saw the animated one at least once, so I knew there was some awful stuff in it. I figured I should probably read it too to better manage questions about racism and sexism from my kid, and to decide if I should fight her teacher.
Peter is a little sexist shithead bully. Yes, there are horrible slurs all throughout this whole book. A few sentences made me audibly gasp. It's a horrid little book that doesn't deserve the celebration it gets.

klkeysmt182's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

There are culturally insensitive bits, but with some 21st century updates, this could be a lovely children’s tale full of magic and fun. It would be a lovely lyrical story to read to one’s children. And it made me sentimental for my childhood, and my daughter’s.